THE U-BOAT ATTACK ON AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 221, 6 June 1918, Page 5

THE U-BOAT ATTACK ON AMERICA

SURVIVORS COMING IN

CITY OF COLUMBUS SAFE

New York, Juno i. Eleven members of the crew of (lie American, schooner Edwin 11. Cole have arrived. ' Thoy said that their vessel was destroyed by two Gcrmnn submarines 75 miles off A'ow Jersey. Nineteen survivors from the Carolina have landed at Lewes, Delaware. Tho majority of the remainder of the Carolines passengers were rescued. An empty boat from tho liner Carolina was found at sea, but there was no trace of tho occupants. , ■ The City of Columbus, which was believed to havo been sunk, has arrived safe. Sixteen people were drowned after escaping from the Carolina.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. U-BOATS OUT FOB A YEAR. (Kec. Juno 5, 8.25.p.m.) Washington, June 5. The Navy Department announces that a destroyer to-day interrupted a U-boat attack on a French, steamer sixty-iivo miles off the coast. The German submarines continue to sink schooners off the Maryland coast. It is believed that they are unable to interfere with the convoys.

The crow of the Edna have landed at an Atlantic port, after being prisoners for mors than a week on U-151. They declare 'hat tho submarine's mate assorted that Germany had established a permanent bloekado t>f the American coast and that a fleet of most powerful U-boats would soon bo operating. Hβ declared that tho submarines which wero now operating left Kiel seven weeks ago, carrying six months' supplies. They expect to remain out a year, provisioning amWueling from seized vessels. The U-boat mate had been in the United States Navy for five years, and had lived in New York for eight years. He said that men for the American submarine blockade had been drafted from sailors who weiv formerly in the merchant marine and wero familiar with American ports. The U-boats which have reached the United States coast via tho West Indies are 225 feet long and carry 5-inch guns. —Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. 170,000 TONS OF SHIPPING TORPEDOED ■ (Eec. June 5, 10.45 p.m.) New York, June 4. New York harbour has been reopened I for traffic. Tho submarines so far as is known have sunk 17,000 tons of shipping, exclusive of unnamed "tankers."—Renter. SUBMARINIT"FABLES" TEUTH ABOUT THE GERMAN VBOAT CRUISERS. London, June 4. Sir. Archibald Hurd, in an article on "German Submarine fables," says tho German newspapers claim that the newest submarines are of 5000 tons displacement, 45fl feet.long, and steaming '28 knots, with a radius of action of 15,000 miles. The claims are utterly false. Tho term "submarine cruiser" has been invented to deceive the German public. Tho "submarine cruiser" recently sunk by tho British was 201)0 tons displacement and 300 feet long, with a surface speed of 12 knots and a submerged speed of 10 knots. It was just an ordinary submarine armed with a 5.9-inch gun. Th-b British have built similar sub-marines.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.